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the fbi has responded. speaking through its executive assistant director of the criminal cyberresponse and services branch, richard mcfeely says we were aware as soon as it happened. we're handling it as a criminal investigation. we are always concerned when someone illegally accesses another person or government agency's network. we did reach out to the department of justice. they referred us backing to that fbi statement. the cyberattack happened shortly after midnight. the website has been up and down all throughout the day. >> they have anonymous has always gone after other organizations, as well. what is their frac track record? how eb have they been in the past? how much have they done. >> we've heard their name so often, you think just back to last month when he they actually published some private information of westboro baptist church protesters because it was upset those protesters were going to be going to new town, connecticut. it acted then. last year, it actually trarly blocked access to some
the fbi has responded. speaking through its executive assistant director of the criminal cyberresponse and services branch, richard mcfeely says we were aware as soon as it happened. we're handling it as a criminal investigation. we are always concerned when someone illegally accesses another person or government agency's network. we did reach out to the department of justice. they referred us backing to that fbi statement. the cyberattack happened shortly after midnight. the website has been...
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that's more money than the fbi, the dea, and the atf combined. if you look at the numbers of immigration, last year there was a negative -- negative immigration flow between the united states and mexico. so i think that's going to be a key sticking point. a lot of immigration advocates believe that this could be a pitfall for republicans to continue to say, oh, the border's not secure yet. the border's not secure yet. and that pathway to citizenship will actually never be a reality. so that is -- that is a big problem. >> i remember the arguments during 2012. some lawmakers wanted to put a fence, you know, around the entire country, right? that wasn't possible. others want more armed security along the border. and we have that now. what's the answer? >> well, what they've done in this new -- with this proposal, this bipartisan agreement, is they've formed a commission of border state governors. a commission that would certify that the border is secure. i think there's logic to that. carol, you know, the people on the ground are the ones that best
that's more money than the fbi, the dea, and the atf combined. if you look at the numbers of immigration, last year there was a negative -- negative immigration flow between the united states and mexico. so i think that's going to be a key sticking point. a lot of immigration advocates believe that this could be a pitfall for republicans to continue to say, oh, the border's not secure yet. the border's not secure yet. and that pathway to citizenship will actually never be a reality. so that is...
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according to the fbi, eight of the ten days with the highest number of background checks since 1998 have happened since december 14th of last year. that is the same day as elementary school tragedy in newtown, connecticut. gun shop owners say that semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines are driving much of the frenzy and many gun enthusiasts fear they could lose the right to buy these sorts of weapons, if washington passes gun control legislation. >>> apple has a new ipad on the way. this is the fourth generation of the device, comes with with twice as much memory as the old one and comes with a bigger price tag. but the company is facing more competition than it has in years. and everyone is watching to see if tim cook, the man who replaced steve jobs, can keep apple at the front of the pack. dan simon has the story. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: with its incredible sales and product buzz -- >> at long last. >> reporter: -- apple is still the envy of practically every company. but stock declines amid growing competition has the tech industry wondering whether it is still re
according to the fbi, eight of the ten days with the highest number of background checks since 1998 have happened since december 14th of last year. that is the same day as elementary school tragedy in newtown, connecticut. gun shop owners say that semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines are driving much of the frenzy and many gun enthusiasts fear they could lose the right to buy these sorts of weapons, if washington passes gun control legislation. >>> apple has a new ipad on...
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what does the fbi have to say? >> good afternoon. this is a poke in the eye of the justice department and a slap in the face to the u.s. government. the hacker group anonymous chose this u.s. federal sentencing website. they said it was a symbolic move by them. they believe that the u.s. department of justice is in clear violation of the eighth amendment, cruel and unusual punishment they're calling it. our washington bureau reached out to the fbi earlier today, miguel, and we obtained this statement from the fbi's assistant director of criminal cyber response and services branch. he had this. "we are aware as soon as it happened and we are handling it as a criminal investigation. we are always concerned when someone illegally accesses another person or government agency's network." the fbi saying they're well aware of this incident which happened a little after midnight. we've been following it all morning. >> what does anonymous hope to gain from this? it sounds like they'll only bring war down upon themselves and the government. >
what does the fbi have to say? >> good afternoon. this is a poke in the eye of the justice department and a slap in the face to the u.s. government. the hacker group anonymous chose this u.s. federal sentencing website. they said it was a symbolic move by them. they believe that the u.s. department of justice is in clear violation of the eighth amendment, cruel and unusual punishment they're calling it. our washington bureau reached out to the fbi earlier today, miguel, and we obtained...
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were directly responsible for killing ambassador stevens and the three other americans, there is an fbi investigation, i'm sure the cia, i'm sure the u.s. government. they are looking and there have been strong words from the president on down that justice will be served one way or another, but you're absolutely right. they had a few leads. there were a few arrests. that investigation doesn't seem to be going anywhere and, look, there's a lot of chaotic situation that remains in libya, especially the benghazi area. we see the spillover from libya and ongoing into algeria, mali, elsewhere in north africa, i'm sure in tunisia, maybe even in egypt. this is a serious problem and maybe the secretary even in these final days of her tenure as the secretary of state, she'll be asked about this unrest. the arab spring in north africa and the middle east was supposed to lead to drem kra democracy a there's so much more work to be done and so many more challenges that are very real that could plague the obama administration, indeed, for the next four years. >> how much do you think this is going t
were directly responsible for killing ambassador stevens and the three other americans, there is an fbi investigation, i'm sure the cia, i'm sure the u.s. government. they are looking and there have been strong words from the president on down that justice will be served one way or another, but you're absolutely right. they had a few leads. there were a few arrests. that investigation doesn't seem to be going anywhere and, look, there's a lot of chaotic situation that remains in libya,...
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>> there was discussion going on afterwards but once the investigation started, the fbi spoke to them before we spoke to them. and so other than our people in tripoli, which i think you're talking about washington, right? >> the point i'm making is a very simple phone call to these individuals would have ascertained immediately that there was no protest prior to this. this attack started at 9:40 p.m. benghazi time and it was an assault. i appreciate the fact that you called it an assault. i'm going back to then ambassador rice five days later going to the sunday shows and what i would say purposefully misleading the american public. why wasn't that known and, again, i appreciate the fact that the transparency of this hearing but why weren't we transparent at that point in time? >> well, first of all, senator, i would say that once the assault happened and once we got our people rescued and out, our most immediate concern was number one taking care of their injuries. as i said, i still have a ds agent at walter reed seriously injured. getting them into frankfurt to get taken care of, t
>> there was discussion going on afterwards but once the investigation started, the fbi spoke to them before we spoke to them. and so other than our people in tripoli, which i think you're talking about washington, right? >> the point i'm making is a very simple phone call to these individuals would have ascertained immediately that there was no protest prior to this. this attack started at 9:40 p.m. benghazi time and it was an assault. i appreciate the fact that you called it an...
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poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of a tragedy in benghazi, rather than engaging in gotcha politics that make it more difficult to achieve this bipartisan goal. madam secretary, as the new ranking member on the foreign affairs committee, let me say on behalf of the democratic members of this committee we would like to welcome you back to our committee, and we're glad you're feeling better. this will likely be your final appearance before our committee, and i want to take this opportunity to let you know how much we appreciate your outstanding and tireless efforts to represent our country in the international community. i have no doub
poor libyan cooperation has hampered the fbi's investigation. success here is a matter of justice. and it is also a matter of signaling to militants that there is no place for them to hide if they attack u.s. personnel. i will now turn to the distinguished ranking member, mr. engle, for his opening remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for holding this important meeting. i hope we can use this as an opportunity to seriously examine the steps we need to take to prevent a repeat of...
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this is not the fbi. this is not the state department. this is me thinking that until the last attack, when they went in and stormed the plant, because it's the people said they were going to blow up the plant, and the algerians took over and did what they did, they stormed it, what i understand they executed all of the hostages. >> reporter: suzanne the family says they spoke with victor a few days before the siege had actually taken place and that victor lovelady never expressed any concern about going to work there at this natural gas facility. he said that he assured his family many times everything was safe and that he wasn't worried. all of this very difficult for the family to handle, especially his daughter, erin, who with her older -- younger brother are mourning the death of their father now. >> nothing's happened there in so long and my -- we -- my friends have been doing it for so long. it's fine there it's so safe, we have protection. he really truly felt safe there. >> reporter: suzanne, the family says that they don't know
this is not the fbi. this is not the state department. this is me thinking that until the last attack, when they went in and stormed the plant, because it's the people said they were going to blow up the plant, and the algerians took over and did what they did, they stormed it, what i understand they executed all of the hostages. >> reporter: suzanne the family says they spoke with victor a few days before the siege had actually taken place and that victor lovelady never expressed any...
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the fbi is tapping into facebook like this. people can fill out a form on the fbi's website. meanwhile, libyan officials say they are frustrated because they don't control the area where the attack happened. militants do. and those militants are sympathetic with al qaeda. local leaders are not cooperating. withins are also said to be afraid to talk and key police officers terrified of revenge attacks. >> so zain, has u.s. diplomacy overall changed since the benghazi attack? >> you know, it really has, carol. i was speaking to experts who say the security arm at the state department, known as diplomatic security, has always tried to balance diplomacy on one hand and security on the other. to the extent to which, how can you let officials go out and meet people? since benghazi, there's a lot less people-to-people contact and much more emphasis on security. the other thing, too, analysts say before 9/11, the diplomacy was focused on managing relations. now the u.s. is focused on changing the world. which means that in order for the u.s. to be safe and secure since 9/11, the u.s.
the fbi is tapping into facebook like this. people can fill out a form on the fbi's website. meanwhile, libyan officials say they are frustrated because they don't control the area where the attack happened. militants do. and those militants are sympathetic with al qaeda. local leaders are not cooperating. withins are also said to be afraid to talk and key police officers terrified of revenge attacks. >> so zain, has u.s. diplomacy overall changed since the benghazi attack? >> you...
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>> i know that the fbi has been briefing some committees. i assume some members of this committee are included. i don't know that but i would assume. about the progress of their investigation. i got the most recent update from the director a few days ago when he returned from north africa. they are following some very promising leads and putting together cases. they would have to speak to you directly about that in a classified setting. but i think what they are trying to determine is how best to respond and i think what the president clearly said is, we will respond and we will bring those to justice and i don't think anybody should doubt this president at his word. we have some very good examples of that. it may take time but he does not in any way divert attention from the goal of bringing them to justice. >> thank you, madam secretary. the president also said al qaeda has been decimated and in light of the recent terrorist activities that we continue to see in north africa, around the world, would you characterize that as al qaeda has be
>> i know that the fbi has been briefing some committees. i assume some members of this committee are included. i don't know that but i would assume. about the progress of their investigation. i got the most recent update from the director a few days ago when he returned from north africa. they are following some very promising leads and putting together cases. they would have to speak to you directly about that in a classified setting. but i think what they are trying to determine is how...
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we're spending more on our borders than we're spending in combination in the secret service and fbi and many law enforcement agencies. >> i think we need to be honest with ourselves about how important immigration is for our economy, for agriculture, for guest workers and other laborers. >> if you grant amnesty, what do you get? more amnesty. more illegal entry. >> obviously we need to know who's here, why they're here, and whether we want to keep them. we get to choose as americans, not them. >> well, earlier this month we asked americans what the main focus of u.s. policy on illegal immigrants should be. 53% said we should focus on a plan for legal residency. 43% said that the focus should be deportation and keeping would-be illegal immigrants out. and you can watch the president's remarks live on immigration reform. we're going to carry those remarks at 2:55 eastern time here on cnn. >>> another cabinet be some leaving president obama's side. we are now hearing that transportation secretary ray lahood is stepping down. he sent this letter to department of transportation employees say
we're spending more on our borders than we're spending in combination in the secret service and fbi and many law enforcement agencies. >> i think we need to be honest with ourselves about how important immigration is for our economy, for agriculture, for guest workers and other laborers. >> if you grant amnesty, what do you get? more amnesty. more illegal entry. >> obviously we need to know who's here, why they're here, and whether we want to keep them. we get to choose as...